<p>You should have at least 2-3 safeties.</p>
<p>Safeties are Schools…</p>
<p>1) that you like and would attend and has your major.</p>
<p>2) that will accept you, so the schools should have a high acceptance rate. </p>
<p>3) that you know for 100% certainty that you have ALL COSTS covered thru ASSURED Grants, ASSURED Merit scholarships, small student fed loans, and/or family funds.</p>
<p>(Reed is not a safety, Occidental may not be either…especially if you’re not sure of how costs will be covered.)</p>
<p>Do you know how much your family will pay? If not, ask them. Don’t assume that your parents will pay any amount without asking them. </p>
<p>Have you run the Net Price Calculators on the schools’ websites?</p>